http://www.wilfernandez.com Thoughts, rants and experiences of Photographer Wil Fernandez. Sometimes related to his photography, sometimes not. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:13:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had the opportunity to spend a few days exploring Nashville, Tennessee while taking care of some business there. Nashville wasn't what I expected in many ways; the city's culture is vibrant and diverse, when prior to my trip all that I really linked it to was country music. ... http://www.wilfernandez.com/2008/08/17/nashville-pictures/ From 7pm to 7am on Friday, July 19th, "Glow" was held at the Santa Monica Pier. When I heard about the contemporary art event I was intrigued enough to spend an hour in grid-lock traffic looking for an available parking space. A few locals that I spoke to said that ... http://www.wilfernandez.com/2008/08/11/glow-santa-monica-photos/ I will be hopping around the country over the next few weeks. Here is an updated travel schedule: San Francisco, CA - July 2?-29 Nashville, TN - July 30-Aug 3 Bolton Landing, NY (Lake George) - August 21-23 NYC/NJ - August 23-26 Middle of nowhere, PA - August 27-30 I have some availability for new projects, ... http://www.wilfernandez.com/2008/07/16/july-august-travel/ I stepped outside of my comfort zone a bit and agreed to shoot my friend's wedding and reception last month in New Jersey. Normally, weddings are not my thing- I believe that a good wedding photographer needs to get (at least) a few dozen weddings under their belt before ... http://www.wilfernandez.com/2008/07/06/kevin-alex-wedding/ I finally broke down and took the first step in my conversion from PC to Mac. I've used PCs since way back in the Windows 95 days, mostly because of my business-related ventures, but finally decided to bite the bullet and see what all of my Mac-loyal friends have been ... http://www.wilfernandez.com/2008/05/08/i-got-a-mac/ I had the opportunity to travel down to Belize City, Belize and interact with the people of Belize…and a few Belizean dogs, of course. Some of the scenes of bitter urban poverty were disturbing, some of which I attempted to capture in my photos of Belize. It was extremely humid, ... http://www.wilfernandez.com/2008/03/18/people-of-belize/ I recently returned from a second trip through Baja California Sur, the thin peninsula below California that is detached from the rest of mainland Mexico. My first trip was last year from December 2006-January 2007, when I explored the western coast by Jeep; photographing wild dogs and local personalities throughout ... http://www.wilfernandez.com/2008/01/16/baja-photography/ I've had my hands full over the past few weeks with a few commercial catalog projects and my new puppy, Sid. I'm still working on getting him to pose on command, but here are a few spontaneous photos that I've snapped of him over the past few ... http://www.wilfernandez.com/2007/12/24/its_been_awhile/ A photographer-friend was showing me some of the shots that he was taking with an old Polaroid 350 Land Camera (circa 1970) and I just had to rush out and acquire one of my own. It took me a few packs of film to grasp how the camera works (including ... http://www.wilfernandez.com/2007/11/08/polaroid-350/ Mia and I popped back to New Jersey for what turned out to be a gorgeous autumn weekend. We did a little corn-mazing, hit up NYC and went on an afternoon kayaking trip around Clinton where I snapped a few photos which I've included below. I found that the secret ... http://www.wilfernandez.com/2007/10/30/autumn-in-new-jersey/